[ He considers himself a simple being who only wishes good for others, but he's aware of what he is. Unfortunately, being stubborn is his shortcoming. Vash is quite old, though not hundreds of years old, and it primes him to be obstinate in so many more ways than just his view of himself.
Such is life for an ancient othered being. ]
... I think I had the benefit of time.
[ Tragedies weigh on the tails of his coat, dragging along the floor as he presses onward, but the future is so bright. At least he thinks so and he knows it's selfish to look at the positives sometimes, but he still does it. ]
Maybe, in the future, you can think the same way I do, but you don't need to. Everyone lives their lives how they want. [ He pats the VR gear offered to Kaveh. They can go back to Sumeru, if Kaveh wants. ] There's nothing wrong with that.
[Kaveh takes the VR gear, but he doesn't change the scene just yet. Instead, he continues to gaze out at the quiet chamber. He doesn't respond right away, instead thinking over the memory he saw from Vash.]
Maybe. [...] I just don't like dragging people down.
[Today is an exception; he doesn't have it in him to not be as openly heartbroken as he feels. It makes him more honest than he'd like to be, but... well. It's not like Vash doesn't already know.]
You can work your way toward that, too, Kaveh. As long as you look to tomorrow.
[ Change... Change is hard. Becoming someone who can change things is also difficult, especially in a place that makes them so helpless. However, they can dream a little longer, can't they? ]
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Such is life for an ancient othered being. ]
... I think I had the benefit of time.
[ Tragedies weigh on the tails of his coat, dragging along the floor as he presses onward, but the future is so bright. At least he thinks so and he knows it's selfish to look at the positives sometimes, but he still does it. ]
Maybe, in the future, you can think the same way I do, but you don't need to. Everyone lives their lives how they want. [ He pats the VR gear offered to Kaveh. They can go back to Sumeru, if Kaveh wants. ] There's nothing wrong with that.
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Maybe. [...] I just don't like dragging people down.
[Today is an exception; he doesn't have it in him to not be as openly heartbroken as he feels. It makes him more honest than he'd like to be, but... well. It's not like Vash doesn't already know.]
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[ Change... Change is hard. Becoming someone who can change things is also difficult, especially in a place that makes them so helpless. However, they can dream a little longer, can't they? ]
I think you have it in you.